Pocket for rubber coats



(No Model.)

H. J. MILLER.

POGKET FOR RUBBER COATS.

No. 407.024, Patented July 16, 1889 N, PETER$ Photo-Lithographer, Wamlngmn. 0.1;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. MILLER, OF RACINE, \VISOONSIN.

POCKET FOR RUBBER COATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,024, dated July 16, 1889.

Application filed February 18, 1889. $erial No. 300,389. (No model.)

To all 1071/0727. it may concern:

Be it known thatl, HENRY .I. MILLER, rcsiding at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of *isconsin, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rubber Coats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the pocket-lid down. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the pocket-lid raised. Fig. Sis a vertical section through the pocket-lid detached from the coat. Fig. I is a detail, being a perspective, showing the lid partly raised and secured to the coat. Fig. 5 is a detail, being a section at line 5 of Fig. 2.

It is common and desirable to provide rubber coats with outside pockets and to provide such pockets with pocket-lids. Ileretofore such lids have been made so short that the free parts thereof could easily be placed within the pocket, and when in that position, if exposed to a rainstorm, water runs from the coat into the pocket.

The objects of my invention are to provide the outside pocket of a rubber coat with alid which cannot be placed within the pocket, thereby excluding rain and snow, and also to so construct and attach the lid to the coat that the pocket will be stayed by the lid,which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter described.

That which I claim as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents the main part of the body of a rubber coat.

13 represents that part of the body of the coat which forms the outside of the pocket, the same being, as shown, integral with the part A.

0 represents a separate piece of rubber cloth which forms the back side of the pocket, and is secured upon the inside of the body A, as usual, a pocket-opening being provided in the usual manner.

D represents my improved pocket-lid, the length of which is such that it cannot be placed within the pocket. This lid, as shown, is made of two pieces a I), turned in at the two ends and at the lower edge, the two parts a 1) being in contact with each other a part of the way, leaving the parts e (Z free to be attached to the coat. The free piece (Z is cut as indicated in Fig. 2, leaving at each end pieces e, which are arranged to overlap the corners at the upper end of the outside portion of the pocket, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, while the remaining part f of the piece (1 can be passed partly inside of the pocket and be secured to the part C.

The pocketlid is to be secured in place upon the coat by vulcanizing, as is usual, the part c of the lid being secured to the body A of the coat, the part c of the lid coming partly in contact with the main partA of the body of the coat,but overlapping the part B,

shown at g in the drawings, while the remaining part f of the piece (Z is connected with the part C, which forms the back side of the pocket.

Vith this construction the ends of the pocket-lid extend a considerable distance beyond the ends of the opening into the pocket, and hence the lid cannot be placed inside of the pocket. Besides, the parts 6 of the lid overlap the corners of the pocket and form stays, greatly strengthening the article at these points.

Some modification can be made in the way of making the pocket-lid by a skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The parts 6 f (shown in Fig. 2) together constituted the piece (1 before slits were cut therein dividing the same into the three parts e e and f.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a rubber coat, an outside pocket, in combination with a long pocket-lid which extends over and beyond the ends of the pocket-opening, said lid being provided with a piece c, secured to the body of the coat, and with pieces e e, integral with the lid, secured to the body of the coat and overlapping the corners of the pocket, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a rubber coat, an outside pocket, in combination with a long pocket-lid which extends over and beyond the ends of the the back side of the pocket, substantially as pocket-opening, said lid being provided with and for the purposes specified. a piece a, secured to the body of the coat, and with a piece cl, divided into three parts (2 e 5 and f, the parts 6 c being secured to the body \Vitnesses:

of the coat and Overlapping the corners of CHARLES H. LEE, the pocket, and the part f being secured to BYRON B. BLAKE.

HENRY J MILLER. 

